Change is the only constant in life and when your life changes, so do your insurance needs. The complexity of the industry isn’t always easy to grasp, making it unclear what kind of insurance protection fits at a particular moment…
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Wedded + Insured Bliss
Inspired by the love birds around me getting married, I took the serious responsibility to research one of the least appealing aspects of life: insurance. Homeowners and renters insurance Couples who spend their first years in a rental should consider…
Renting in San Francisco
Based on the age of the building they’re renting in, San Francisco has two kinds of renters. The lucky ones are those who live in a building predating June 1979, because they enjoy the safeguards from outrageous rent hikes and…
Renting’s many advantages
Renters by necessity dream of homeownership, but the truth is that even though both renting and buying have their own financil advantages, in today’s economy, renting seems to have an edge. The financial benefits to renting as opposed to buying…
Insurance advice for renting out your home
There is a myriad of reasons you might want to rent out your home. Maybe you have a second home that you lease to tenants, want to rent a spare bedroom in your house through Airbnb, or make some extra…
Renters insurance vs bed bugs
We’ve been making lists with all the scenarios covered by the renters insurance policy, but you might have noticed something missing: bed bugs (add cockroaches and rats, while we’re at it). Bed bugs are considered the responsibility of the tenant—the…
Renters insurance reality check
For most of those who rent apartments in the United States, renters insurance is still a concept rather than a priority. Many believe that their belongings will be covered under their landlord’s policy if anything goes wrong. Sorry to be…
5 tips to safeguard your space
Heading out of town this holiday season? With an uptick in burglaries around the holidays, these tips can help safeguard your space: Lock up before you leave Almost 30 percent of residential burglary cases involved an unlocked window or door.…
Why Millennials lack insurance
The American Millennial generation includes more than 83 million people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Besides being the largest generation yet, it is also the most racially diverse and most educated. However, when the topic of insurance arises, researchers…
Preparing for Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew leaves behind a trail of destruction. Even though reports show that the mega-storm has decreased to a category 3 hurricane, the danger has not passed. So far, over 2 million people in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia have…